Thursday, April 23

Graduate students eligible for free passes to LA Fitness

Graduate students can now work out at the LA Fitness on Wilshire Boulevard for free. Some graduate students were concerned they would not have a place to exercise when the university announced in 2015 it would replace their gym, the Kinross Recreation Center, with the Geffen Academy. Read more...

Photo: Graduate students have access to alternate fitness options while the new Kinross Recreation Center is under construction. The new KREC is projected to open next summer. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


Student protesters demonstrate outside Piterberg’s class

This post was updated Jan. 9 at 10:56 a.m. UCLA students disrupted a class Monday morning taught by a professor accused of sexual assault. Members of the Bruin Consent Coalition and Bruins Against Sexual Harassment protested a class taught by history professor Gabriel Piterberg. Read more...

Photo: History professor Gabriel Piterberg left his class shortly after the start of lecture. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


School of Nursing dean looks to maintain the school’s academic prestige

A few years ago, paths on campus were littered with cigarettes and the air was not as fresh. The nursing school’s new dean helped change that when she led the effort to make UCLA a tobacco-free campus. Read more...

Photo: Linda Sarna, the new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, began her career in healthcare as an undergraduate student in nursing at UCLA and later helped ban tobacco on campus. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)


The Study at Hedrick opens to students on the Hill

A new study hall and eatery opened to UCLA students on the Hill on Sunday. More than 100 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Study at Hedrick. Read more...

Photo: The former Hedrick dining hall reopened as The Study at Hedrick, which is expected to provide an alternative to libraries and study lounges for students on the Hill. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA workers plan five-day strike to protest wages

Skilled trade workers will strike for five days at UCLA after failing to reach agreement on wages with the university. Teamsters Local 2010, the union representing the workers, voted in December to hold the strike, which will last from Friday to Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Teamsters held a 24-hour strike in November for higher wages for skilled trade workers. The union will hold a five-day strike starting this Friday for the same reason. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)



Ashe Center opens Bruin Health Pharmacy in Ackerman Union

Students can now fill their prescriptions at a new pharmacy in Ackerman Union. UCLA officials announced the opening of the Bruin Health Pharmacy on Monday. The 1200-square foot facility, located where the former textbook buyback program was, will have expanded window service and longer hours. Read more...

Photo: The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center opened the Bruin Health Pharmacy, located in Ackerman Union, to students Monday. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)



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